My Mom's Italian Sausage Soup

Total Time: 3 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 1/2 mild italian sausage, cut into 1 inch pieces
• 2 garlic cloves, chopped
• 2 small onions or 1 large onion, chopped
• 1 (28 ounce) can tomatoes
• 42 ounces beef broth
• 1 1/2 cups red wine or 1 1/2 cups water
• 1/2 teaspoon basil
• 3 tablespoons chopped parsley
• 1 medium green pepper, chopped
• 2 medium zucchini (2 med yellow squash also)
• 1 1/2 cups uncooked bow tie pasta

Recipe

• 1 cook sausage until lightly browned; drain off fat. add garlic and onions and cook until onions are limp.
• 2 stir in tomatoes, broth and wine or water, basil, parsley and green pepper; simmer about 2 hours on low heat.
• 3 add zucchini (squash) and noodles about 20 minutes before serving.
• 4 add a sprinkle or two of parmesan cheese on top of each bowl of soup. serve with the garlic toast--yum, let's eat!